Discipline Notice - Rolfy Dedamm

License Number: 20476
Member Name: Rolfy Dedamm
Discipline Detail
Action: Resignation in Lieu of Disbarment
Effective Date: 3/31/2003
RPC: 5.3 - Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants
8.4 (d) - Conduct Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice
Discipline Notice:
Description: Rolf Dedamm (WSBA No. 20476, admitted 1991), of Snohomish, resigned from membership in the Washington State Bar Association in lieu of disbarment, effective March 31, 2003. This discipline was based on his conduct in 1998 involving failure to adequately supervise non lawyer assistants in an insurance fraud matter.
In 1998, Mr. Dedamm was the managing partner of a law firm “the firm”. During 1998, the firm’s non lawyer office manager and two clients staged a burglary of one of the client’s homes and submitted a false insurance claim. The office manager filed the fraudulent insurance claim on behalf of the firm. Mr. Dedamm learned of the fraudulent claim and told the client that the firm would no longer represent him. However, to protect the client’s interests, Mr. Dedamm told the insurance company that the client had terminated the firm’s services. The client later settled the claim and the funds were deposited into the firm’s trust account. Mr. Dedamm signed a trust account check disbursing $5,220 of the settlement funds to himself for attorneys fees in an unrelated matter. In 2003, Mr. Dedamm paid restitution of this amount to the insurance company.
Mr. Dedamm’s conduct violated RPC 5.3(b) requiring lawyers to supervise non lawyer assistants; and RPC 8.4(d) prohibiting conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.
Sachia Stonefeld Powell represented the Bar Association. Robert Chadwell represented Mr. Dedamm.


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